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Stop Making Sense

I read anything that's nailed down, or even just moving slowly. Cereal boxes, candy wrappers, all genres, etc., and I don't always have much time for arbitrary distinctions like literary fiction vs. genre fiction.

Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm

Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm - Jeanne Marie Laskas Blog Posts, not a Cohesive Narrative

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Although this hit me where I (want to) live in terms of wish fulfillment, the story was a bit too stream-of-consciousness and fragmented for me to really buy into it. It works much better if you picture it as a series of blog posts or columns, which was the original publishing medium. I also found it hard to reconcile her excessive grief over her cat's death vs. her seeming trivialization of her husband's cancer scare. I give it a B- overall.